Humor is not automatically downvoted. One-liners that add nothing to a discussion are. Humor can be used to great effect in order to make a point--but, more o

Humor is not automatically downvoted. One-liners that add nothing to a discussion are. Humor can be used to great effect in order to make a point--but, more often than not, it represents much less of an increase in signal and much more of an increase in noise.